Welcome

Welcome
to the Shuttle-Mir History Web Site. Here are sights, sounds, and first-person
stories, plus historical background, official documents, chronologies, and guided
tours. From
early 1994 into 1998, American astronauts spent nearly 1000 days living in orbit
with Russian cosmonauts. American space shuttles rendezvoused ten times with
Russia's space station Mir. Called "Phase 1," the Shuttle-Mir Program
prepared the way for the International Space Station and began an era of cooperation
and exploration, rarely seen in human history.

People
profiles those who helped make Shuttle-Mir happen: the astronauts, cosmonauts,
and the team working on Earth. This section includes many excerpts from Oral
Histories -- first-person narratives of hard work and adventure.

References
includes glossaries, documents, reports, other histories, and links outside
this web site.